Dennis J. Ventry, Jr.

Education

B.A. History, with a specialization in Business Administration, UCLA 1993

M.A. History, UC Santa Barbara 1996

Ph.D. History (Economic and Legal), UC Santa Barbara 2001

J.D., New York University School of Law 2004

Biography

Professor Ventry is an expert in tax policy, tax administration, legal and professional ethics, and U.S. economic and legal history. He is the author of dozens of articles, book chapters, and an edited volume. Professor Ventry is regularly cited in both the tax press and popular media for his expertise on the effects of taxation on the U.S. economy and society. He provides frequent commentary and short articles to the popular press, including the WALL STREET JOURNAL, NEW YORK TIMES, LOS ANGELES TIMES, WASHINGTON POST, SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE, BLOOMBERG, FORBES, NATIONAL PUBLIC RADIO, PBS NEWS HOUR, PROPUBLICA, SLATE, and HUFFINGTON POST. Finally, Professor Ventry remains active in tax reform at both the state and federal level by offering public testimony and amici curiae briefs, and by meeting with tax officials, legislators, and legislative staff.

His research interests include tax expenditure analysis, family taxation, professional responsibility and standards of care, tax filing and administration, tax compliance, public finance, and tax and legal history. In addition, he was recently added as a co-author on the casebook, Legal Ethics and Corporate Practice.

The Collision of Tax and Welfare Politics: The Political History of the Earned Income Tax Credit, in MAKING WORK PAY: THE EARNED INCOME TAX CREDIT AND ITS IMPACT ON AMERICAN FAMILIES 15 (Bruce Meyer & Douglas Holtz-Eakin eds., 2001)

Welfare by Any Other Name: How We Can 'Save' the EITC, 114 TAX NOTES 955 (2007)